Hingham restaurant manager among those killed in marathon bombing

A 29-year-old woman who had managed a restaurant in Hingham was among those killed by a pair of bomb blasts that ripped through crowds watching the Boston Marathon on Monday.

Nicholas Iovino And Nell Escobar Coakley

A 29-year-old woman who had managed a restaurant in Hingham was among those killed by a pair of bomb blasts that ripped through crowds watching the Boston Marathon on Monday.

Krystle Marie Campbell, a Medford native who was living in Arlington, had served as the general manager of Jasper White’s Summer Shack in Hingham since April 2012, according to her online professional profile. Her family said Campbell was waiting for her friend’s boyfriend to cross the finish line when the bombs exploded in the crowd, killing her and two others.

Campbell had worked most recently at a Summer Shack located in the Derby Street Shoppes that closed in January. Jasper White, the founder of the Summer Shack chain, said Tuesday that he had closed the Summer Shack restaurants in Boston and Cambridge for the evening out of respect for Campbell, who he said was “an integral part of our organization” and had worked there for nine years.

“Krystle touched my life, and the lives of all our employees with her constant smile and joyful personality,” he said in a statement. “She was beloved by all of us, and we will miss her deeply.”

In an interview with WCVB-TV on Tuesday, Campell’s mother, Patty Campbell, said she and her husband, William Campbell, were initially told by hospital officials that their daughter had survived Monday’s attack and that her friend, Karen Rand, was killed. But when they were allowed to see her, they realized the woman being treated was not their daughter.

Campbell told WCVB that her daughter loved animals and people, and regularly worked 16-hour days in the food service industry. She said she and her husband are still struggling to believe that their daughter was killed.

“This is just a waste,” she said.

William Campbell told the Associated Press that his daughter was “very caring, very loving person, and was daddy’s little girl.” He said the loss ha s devastated the family.

The flag in front of Medford City Hall was lowered to half-staff Tuesday afternoon and Mayor Michael J. McGlynn said the city was planning to hold a prayer service in memory of Campbell as well.

“When you have somebody of that age die in such a horrific manner, it’s devastating to the community,” McGlynn said.

The other people killed in Monday’s attack have been identified as 8-year-old Martin Richard, of Dorchester, and a Boston University graduate student from China whose name has not been officially released.

According to WCVB, the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Consulate General in New York are not releasing the victim’s name at the request of the family. But on Tuesday, Boston media quoted a Chinese Consulate General official as saying Chinese national Lu Lingzi was missing in the wake of Monday’s bombings that killed three and wounded more than 170 people.

An editor at the Shenyang Evening News said that Lu’s father confirmed his daughter’s death when reporters visited the family home. Lu was originally from China’s northeastern city of Shenyang, a state-run Chinese newspaper reported today.